The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.
"A novel should be a book of questions, not a book of answers."
The opportunity does not go hand in hand, so when they come, you’d better hold them.